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SUCCESS for Carlow camogie continued to grow last weekend as they claimed the Division 4 league title in fine style.
All the fixtures
Tuesday April 16
Lauren launches soccer camp
Predictable Carlow beaten at home
CARLOW took to the field for this NFL tie against regular Division 4 companions, Leitrim, hoping to extend their winning ways and match a 28-year-old record in the process.
Fixtures
Saturday, February 23
Kelly points Carlow to late league win
Let the record books show that Carlow came away from Dr. Cullen Park with two points after a dogged and sticky encounter with the exiles.
Tullow take another step to Towns glory
Life just keeps on getting better in Tullow Rugby Club in 2013. The highlight of the year so far, even if it was last October, has got to have been the 'Strictly Come Dancing' fundraiser! We jest of course as the club have since claimed promotion from Division 1B and after an impressive display on Sunday they are now in the quarter-finals of the Provincials Towns Cup.
Brave effort from Carlow falls short as Ashbourne survive to win
Carlow's rugby team put up a brave show in this second round of the of the 2013 Towns Cup away to Ashbourne but endured a cruel 12 to 10 point loss. Four prodigious long range penalty kicks for Ashbourne outscored Carlow's converted try and penalty.
Two hundred attend dinner dance
More than two hundred members, supporters and special guests packed into The Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow on Friday night, 8 February for The Fighting Cocks GAA Club' annual dinner dance.
Yes we can - beat the Yellow Bellies!
The Carlow Senior footballers have laid down a national league marker for their hurling colleagues to try and match after winning both their opening games this year.
Super night for Carlow handball
Juvenile handball players gathered in Tinryland on Friday night for the presentation of awards for 2012. A very enjoyable night was had by both parents and young players present.
So close and yet so far for Borris
The Carlow side lead by five points at half time on Saturday after an impressive 30 minutes of hurling.
Handball success for Garryhill School
PUPILS from Garryhill School were successful at the Allianz Cumann na mBunscol handball championships recently.
Ballymurphy's Macra girls in soccer tournament final
BALLYMURPHY Macra is celebrating after their team made it to the all-Ireland finals of the ladies' and men's National Dairy Council indoor soccer competitions.
Carlow suffer late defeat to Ashbourne having lead with only minutes remaining
CARLOW CAME away from Ashbourne on Sunday with the first Leinster League point of the season but in truth they should have got more from this game.
National changes not received well
THERE WAS general dissatisfaction regarding changes being imposed from National level at the AGM of Carlow Community Games, which was held in the Tara Arms hotel on Tuesday last.
Derek is in the mix again for IFA top job
IT'S EARLY days but rumours are already ciruclating about who will be the next president of the IFA, and the spotlight is beginning to shine on Carlow man Derek Deane.
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Lads' hair today, gone tomorrow!
THINGS got hairy in Eire Og Clubhouse when members and players rallied together to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society.
Eateries clean up at awards night
LOCAL restaurants took a bite out of the awards when top notch dining in Carlow was celebrated at the Irish Restaurant awards in Dublin on Tuesday night.
Washington honour for volunteer of the year Orla
A CARLOW teenager who was named Ireland's youth volunteer of the year after raising more than €40,000 for charity was celebrated for her hard work and commitment at a special community awards ceremony in Washington at the weekend.
Man found not guilty of manslaughter
A CARLOW man has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the manslaughter of a married couple in a Kilkenny road crash.
Horror collision claims two lives
COMMUNITIES around Carlow were shocked and saddened at the weekend following a fatal road traffic collision between a car and a minivan in Bagenalstown that claimed the lives of two people and injured others.
Three is the magic number
A CARLOW couple who fought the odds is celebrating this week after bringing home the latest addition to their family, a set of triplets.
Crazy cross county chase
Carlow youths tried to evade capture by throwing copper tanks, diesel drums and tools into the path of a garda patrol car during a high-speed chase on Friday.
Mobile home fire claims life of Cecil
THE communities of Hacketstown and Knockanna were saddened at the weekend when a well known local character lost his life in a fire broke that out in his mobile home.
Spillane attends job creation talk
A public meeting to identify job creation opportunities is being held in the Institute of Technology Carlow on April 25 at 7.15pm. This is part of a nationwide series of events being organised by The Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA). The Commission was set up to provide research information to the medium term economic development of rural areas for the period 2025.
Renowned accommodation guide features three hotels
Three Carlow hotels are featured in the 2013 Be Our Guest guide.
